I’m suddenly awash in invitations and news about new, newly improved and improving hotels and restaurants in Switzerland – and this at a time when everyone has been worrying about tourism and the high Swiss franc. Clearly, some of us are expected to keep traveling and eating and spending our money, so some of us […]
Altitude
Geneva airport’s Altitude: new chef, look, food
Republished from genevalunch.com, my news site. Note: no word as yet on what is happening to the fine wine collection carried by Altitude, including many Swiss wines. GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – The gastronomic restaurant Altitude at Geneva’s international airport will have a new name, Le Chef, a new interior and a new celebrity chef, Benjamin Luzuy, […]
Compost for my tomatoes?
I just bought four Mt Favet tomatoes to try, as I do every year, to get decent tomatoes to grow at 1,100 metres, in the veggie patch, just like all the others. My success has not been impressive to date, whether I start with tiny plants or bigger ones, or change varieties. Mt Favet is […]